2 + 7 entered - 6 started El: 1. POL 2. FRA 3. BEL Eli: 1. HUN 2. ITA 3. ESP 4-: 8 entered El: 1. SUI 2. ITA 3. POL 4. BEL Eli: 1. HUN 2. DEN 3. NED 4. YUG R: 1. NED 2. POL 3. BEL 4. YUG 2x: 7 entered EL 1. HUN 2. FRA 3. POL 4. ROM Eli: 1. ITA 2. YUG 3. BEL R: 1. POL 2. ROM 3. BEL 8 +: 10 entered El: 1. FRA and SUI 3. NED 4. TCH Eli: 1. ITA 2. YUG . 3. POL EIII: 1. HUN 2. BEL 3. ESP Finals An enormous crowd thronged the Pest bank. A military band filled the "air with sound. The Danube, swept along, perhaps, by the martial music, flowed at a speed of six kilometres an hour. There was a fight wind. At 2.45pm, when the Hungarian national anthem rang out, there was not an empty seat in the grandstand. 4 + : 1. ITA 2. HUN 3. TCH 4. SUI - DEN (scra tched) The Pulfino crew scored another fine victory, despite fierce resistance from the oarsmen of the host country. 2-: 1. HUN 2. SUI 3. NED 4. YUG 5. ITA Machan and Gotz, from the Budapest Club, “Hungaria”, had the fastest start and, like the great champions that they were, stayed in front. lx: 1. POL 2. SUI 3. ITA - DEN and HUN (Not rowed out) Clashes led to several false starts. Having led for most of the race, the Hungarian, Szendey, stopped sculling once he had been overtaken by Verey 250 metres from the finish. 2 + : 1. HUN 2. POL 3. FRA 4. BEL All the records for false starts were beaten! There were four of them, and while they were taking place, the Re gent of Hungary, Admiral Horty, arrived at the course and took his seat in the floating grandstand. The rudder of the Italian boat became detached, and the crew ob tained a replacement, but it was not properly fitted and fell off after 100 metres. The Italians gave up. A protest, lodged by their delegate, was turned down. The race de veloped into a bitter battle between Hungary and Poland 4-: 1. DEN 2. NED 3. HUN 4. SUI - ITA (Not rowed out) More false starts. Twice the Italians left their lane and hit the Hungarians. On the second occasion, the decking of the Italian boat was holed by a Hungarian blade. The 1933-1935: Roger Verey (POL) © Archives: Polish Rowing Federation boat began to sink, and the crew had to be rescued. The race was finally started without Italy. The Hungarians seemed to be on top, but could not sustain their effort over the last 300 metres. 2x: 1. FRA 2. ITA 3. HUN 4. POL 5. YUG The crews raced neck and neck for 300 metres before Louis Hansotte and Georges Frisch, from Paris, went into the lead. They were never caught. 8 + : 1. HUN 2. ITA 3. YUG 4. FRA 5. SUI As in the previous year in Yugoslavia, the flagship of the host nation took command, to the cheers of the specta tors. The finish was magnificent, with five seconds cover ing all five boats. This final race set the seal on the Hun garian supremacy for the year 1933. August 8th 1934 — Lucerne 3 7th FISA congress Present: 29 delegates from 14 federations. On May 6th 1934, at a meeting in Frankfurt between the president and the secretary general of FISA on the one hand and the president of the German federation of rowing clubs, the counsellor of State, Heinrich Passfi, on the other, it had been agreed that the German federation should ap ply for unconditional readmission to FISA. This applica tion was duly accepted. The German federation at that time represented 600 clubs and 30,000 oarsmen. The Part 2 79
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